Cybersecurity has become one of the most relevant issues in recent times. The emergence of COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine and digital health services, bringing to light security breaches in the healthcare sector, increasing attacks on healthcare services and healthcare organizations in a very worrying way. This statement is confirmed by data published […]
27 Apr 2022 Cybersecurity, IoT
On 25 February we participated in the conference monitoring projects of the call Conecta-COVID organized by Datalife. The call consists of a total of 9 R&D&I projects related to Covid-19 that promote the recovery and digital transition of Galician SMEs, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) within the ERDF Galicia 2014-2020 operational programme […]
30 Mar 2022 IoT
The ageing of the population and the consequent increase in chronic illnesses have a direct impact on the costs and investment faced by health services. On the other hand, patient expectations in terms of the quality of care received are growing every day, demanding better outcomes and treatments as well as simpler and more convenient […]
14 Feb 2022 CloudComputing, Interoperability, IoT, mhealth
We bid farewell to the year 2021 with exciting news: our COVILED project has been one of the R&D&I projects selected in the CONECTA-COVID call, promoted by the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN). COVILED has its origin in the first months of the pandemic, when the need to develop effective disinfection systems arose, which became more […]
29 Dec 2021 ATIS INIBIC, CHUAC, GAIN, IoT, Photonics4Life, USC
Smartphones are now nearly ubiquitous; their numerous built-in sensors enable continuous measurement of activities of daily living, making them especially well-suited for health research. Progress in science has always been driven by data. More than 5 billion mobile devices were in use in 2020 (Association, G. The mobile economy 2020), with multiple sensors (e.g. accelerometer […]
25 Oct 2021 cardiology, IoT, machine Learning, Mental Health, R+D+i, smartphone
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a valuable tool that could be used to improve the safety of care, both inside and outside of the hospital, by providing solutions to predict harms, collect a variety of data including both new and already-available data, and as part of quality improvement initiatives. Adverse events related to unsafe care represent […]
22 Jul 2021 DSS, IoT, machine Learning, prevention
The risk of suffering from a disease and the probability of response to medical treatments are conditioned by our genetics as well as the environmental factors to which we are exposed as a result of our environment and lifestyle. The integration of genomic data and other omics sciences with the clinical dataset of the patient […]
2 Jul 2021 DSS, IoT, mhealth, Personalized Precision Medicine
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises that depression is the leading cause of sick leave. This has led to research into the prevention of mental health problems. The result is e-pD-WORK, an innovative cross-platform application that offers users tools to reduce stress and make their day-to-day lives easier, in order to help them feel better. In a […]
16 Jun 2021 App, depression, DSS, IoT, mhealth, work-related stress
SOURCE: IBIMA The study, in which a total of 10,000 people from 11 countries participated, has been published in the scientific journal ‘Clinical Psychology Review‘. A team of researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Research of Malaga (IBIMA), belonging to the Research Network on Prevention and Health Promotion (RedIAPP), have coordinated a study in which […]
18 May 2021 App, depression, DSS, IoT, ISCIII, Mental Health, REDIAPP, work-related stress
In 2019, the World Health Organization called employee burnout a medical condition, noting that it is caused by chronic stress in the workplace. Globally, more than 322 million people suffer from depression, which mainly affects working-age adults. Approximately 60 per cent of the world’s population has some form of employment or work activity and more […]
24 Mar 2021 COVID-19, depression, DSS, IoT, mhealth, work-related stress